Paper

Toilet Poem Causes 20% Less Toilet Paper Use, Says Study

Metro.co.uk | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green


Poetry in the loo can cut down on paper use too, says a Japanese group campaigning to save toilet paper as part of the country's battle against global...

5 Kinds Of Treeless Paper

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green


Do you have any idea how much paper we still waste every year in the US, despite the fact that we're in the midst of this so-called digital revolution...

Drowning In Receipts? Help Might Be On The Way

blogs.discovery.com | Alyssa Danigelis | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green


A startup called TransactionTree recently popped up, proposing a service for retailers that allows them to email an electronic copy of a receipt to c...

Recycled Content Toilet Paper Saves Trees, Water And Landfill Space

The Good Human | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


This is an easy one that you won't even have to suffer for! If every household in America switched out just ONE roll of regular TP for recycled TP, we...

Hybrid Readers

Hugh McGuire | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media


Hugh McGuire

One thing did become clear when I spoke to other people about ebooks though. They are seen as a supplement to the printed word, not a replacement for it.

7 Easy Holiday Gifts You Can Make

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living


Andrea Chalupa

Instead of passing on giving gifts this year, employ some meaningful strategies that will make you and your loved ones happy.

America Recycles Day

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green


Michael DeJong

If you read anything in print you should know that the act of recycling paper decreases the demand for virgin pulp thereby reducing the devastation of forests.

Life Cycle: All That's Fit to Print

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green


Simran Sethi

OK, it's just newsprint. But we journalists tend to get excited about it. More than 50 million newspapers hit stands and porches every morning in this country (double that in China). A tree falls. Many trees, really--200 million per year, just for newspapers.